What Was New in Function Point
WORKBENCH™ Release 5.0
This is a set of reports which provide analyses of a
single count in text and graphical formats. Reports can be
saved in a variety of document and file formats.
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provides a quick analysis of the relative and
absolute size and complexity of the Count Sub-Systems, as represented by
the first level nodes. Useful for estimating and for allocating
resources.
Count Label Analysis:
provides a quick analysis of the relative and
absolute size and complexity of the Count by the Option values of the
selected Label.
Count Sub-System and Label Analysis:
combines the
Sub-System and
Label Analysis reports.
Enhancement Impact Analysis:
illustrates the impact of the Enhancement by
Sub-System, showing Added, Changed and Deleted
functionality as well as the amount of functionality not impacted.
Enhancement Profile:
profiles the Enhancement showing the size of the Enhancement, the size
of the Application impacted by testing and the resultant Application after
the Enhancement. Useful when estimating.
Value Adjustment Factor Profile:
shows the contribution of each of the GSCs to the
Value Adjustment Factor. Allows easy comparison of profiles across
different counts.
Relative Complexity of Function Types:
shows the complexity of each of the Function Types
and compares these to Industry Averages. Useful in assessing overall and
specific project ‘risk’ and in project estimation.
Relative Contribution of Function Types :
shows the percentage contribution of each function
type to the count and a comparison with Industry Average. Provides a
mechanism for ‘sanity check’ validation of a count.
Project Cancellation Risk:
provides an indicator of the risk of Project Cancellation associated
with the Project Size.
This is a set of reports across
the counts
stored in the database. Reports are provided in text and graphical
formats.
The reports available are:
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Count List
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Application Portfolio
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Application Count List
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Application Volatility
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Development Work Product
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Project Volatility
Reports can be saved in a variety of document and file
formats:
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QuickReport file
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HTML Document (*.htm)
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Adobe Acrobat Document (*.pdf)
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Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
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GIF Image File (*.gif)
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JPEG Image File (*.jpg)
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Bitmap File (*.bmp)
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Enhanced Metafile (*.emf)
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Windows Metafile(*.wmf)
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The counter can move quickly around the Transaction Hierarchy, using
keyboard controls to Automatically
Explode / Implode while browsing.
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Function Type
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Complexity
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Enhancement Type
Transaction File List
for viewing and
maintaining Files linked to a Transaction
Count File List for linking Files to a
group of Transactions.
Transaction Notes List for viewing and
maintaining Notes linked to a Transaction
Count Notes List for linking Notes to a
group of Transactions.
Transaction Label List for viewing and
maintaining Labels linked to a Transaction
Count Label List for linking Labels to a
group of Transactions.
Linked Files, Notes and Label values can be dynamically refreshed and
displayed for the selected node.
The date format uses your Regional Settings.
The WORKBENCH will now support "foreign" keyboard characters, such as ß,
á, è, ö.
A file reference in a Linked Note can be used to ‘launch’ the associated
application and open the file. This means that documents and any other
files, e.g. screen images, diagrams, used to cross reference your
count can be accessed quickly and directly while counting.
The Update System MASTER has been simplified to allow the Scenario name
for the new system MASTER to be defined during the Update process. See
Update System Master.
... plus many other minor
enhancements and performance improvements to existing functionality.
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